The Hidden Village

The Hidden Village is located within a crater in The Wastes. It is a great, walled city which serves as the current home of The Free, rising up out of the base of the crater upon a raised and flattened mound. Only those who can prove they were once slaves are allowed within the walls. Though the city is governed by Drog and its people led by Korva, each of its citizens can bring their ideas to an open auditorium called The Free Arena. Because many of The Free are former gladiators, they erected this structure to defy the arenas of The Sparrows. Rather than fighting they hold debates, collaborate on solutions to the problems they face, and vote on important matters.

Within the base of the crater lies an oasis which provides water for the city and their livestock. And in a hut near this oasis lives Tik Tik, a Thri-Kreen seer who has called the crater home since before the coming of The Free. He has said that this crater has existed since the creation of Berondil.